Vladimir Petrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Петровић, born July 1, 1955 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian football manager and former player. He last managed the Serbia national football team.
He is widely known domestically by his nickname Pižon (Пижон), after the French for pigeon.
[edit] Club career
During his playing career, he mostly played for Red Star Belgrade and is one of only five Zvezdine zvezde (stars of the Star) — the legends of the club.
He started out at Red Star making his debut in 1971, at the age of 16. With the team, he won five Yugoslav League Championship titles, six Yugoslav Cups and reached the final of the 1979 UEFA Cup, losing to Borussia Mönchengladbach. In 1982 he moved abroad, and briefly played for Arsenal; he joined the London side in December 1982 and made 22 appearances in the 1982–83 season. In June 1983 he left Arsenal and subsequently played for Brest and AS Nancy in France, and Royal Antwerp (1) and Standard Liège (16) in Belgium. In all he played 526 matches for the clubs.[1]
[edit] International career
He also represented Yugoslavia 34 times and played in the 1982 World Cup.[2]
[edit] Managing career
Petrović during the friendly match between Bulgaria and Serbia. 17-11-2010, Sofia, Bulgaria.
As assistant coach, he won the 1990–91 European Champions Cup with Red Star, and as head coach when they won the 1996 Yugoslavia FA Cup, Pižon guided the Serbia and Montenegro national under-21 football team to a runners-up finish at the 2004 European U-21 Championship.[3]
In 2005, Petrović managed the Chinese Dalian Shide team to the double.[4] On September 14, 2007, Petrović was named as coach of the Chinese national team. After China failed to qualify for the 2010 World Cup, he was sacked.[5]
On June 2, 2009, Petrović returned to Red Star Belgrade.[6] as manager. Petrović was part of takeover of Red Star by the club's veterans, replacing caretaker/interim coach Siniša Gogić. On 21 March 2010, Red Star officials unexpectedly sacked Petrović after a league defeat against Metalac.
On June 4, 2010, he was named the manager of Romanian club FC Politehnica Timişoara.
On September 15, 2010, Petrović was named the new head coach of Serbia. On October 14, 2011, the football association of Serbia announced they had terminated their contract with Petrović.
[edit] Statistics
| Club |
Season |
League |
Cup |
Europe |
Total |
| Apps |
Goals |
Apps |
Goals |
Apps |
Goals |
Apps |
Goals |
| Red Star Belgrade |
1974/75 |
26 |
5 |
? |
? |
? |
? |
26 |
5 |
| 1975/76 |
12 |
1 |
? |
? |
? |
? |
12 |
1 |
| 1976/77 |
10 |
0 |
? |
? |
? |
? |
10 |
0 |
| 1977/78 |
28 |
9 |
? |
? |
? |
? |
28 |
9 |
| 1978/79 |
27 |
5 |
? |
? |
? |
? |
27 |
5 |
| 1979/80 |
28 |
5 |
? |
? |
? |
? |
28 |
5 |
| 1980/81 |
23 |
6 |
? |
? |
? |
? |
23 |
6 |
| 1981/82 |
29 |
3 |
? |
? |
? |
? |
29 |
3 |
| 1982/83 |
16 |
6 |
? |
? |
? |
? |
16 |
6 |
| All |
199 |
40 |
? |
? |
? |
? |
199 |
40 |
[edit] References
[edit] External links
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| Name |
Petrovic, Vladimir |
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| Date of birth |
July 1, 1955 |
| Place of birth |
Belgrade, FPR Yugoslavia |
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